Purpose and Providence: Taking Soundings in Western Thought, Literature and Theology

by Vernon White

Book Overview

Do our lives have purpose? Despite the rise of secularism, we are still confronted by a sense of meaning and direction in the events of history and our own lives - something which is beyond us and not our own creation/imagination. Using the novels of Thomas Hardy and Julian Barnes, Vernon White tracks this belief in intellectual history and tests its resilience in modern literature. Both novelists portray modern and late-modern scenarios where,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567682501
• ISBN13: 9780567682505
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"